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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Jackson, MS

November 22, 1992Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 3:20 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 4:00 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 22, 3:20 AM CSTTornado F0Lauderdale, MS
Nov 22, 3:30 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Lauderdale, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1992-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEI 220921
TORMEI
MSC075-221000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
320 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MERIDIAN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
 
AT 315 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS.l..PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 21, 11:20 PM CST, 4 hours before
MSZ009-012-220615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1120 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 914 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR MOST
OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1115 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HAZELHURST IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN COVERING MOST OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
POPLARVILLE NORTH TO FOREST TO KOSCUISKO.  OTHER RAIN SHOWERS HAD
DEVELOPED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND QUITMAN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Nov 21, 11:21 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
MSZ009-012-220615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
1120 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 914 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR MOST
OF MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1115 PM CST MERIDIAN WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND HAZELHURST IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN COVERING MOST OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
POPLARVILLE NORTH TO FOREST TO KOSCUISKO.  OTHER RAIN SHOWERS HAD
DEVELOPED BETWEEN MERIDIAN AND QUITMAN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.
Local storm report, Nov 21, 11:25 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1125 PM CST SAT NOV 21 1992

TIME(CST)       LOCATION            REMARKS

1100 PM         2W BROOKHAVEN       TORNADO DAMAGE.  2 HOMES DAMAGED.
                (LINCOLN COUNTY)    EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
                                    LINES.  REPORTED BY LINCOLN/
                                    BROOKHAVEN CD.
Local storm report, Nov 22, 1:25 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
0120 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

1250 AM CST...JASPER COUNTY COUNTY C. D. REPORTS POWER LINES
              AND TREES DOWN...ROOF DAMAGE...JUST NORTH OF BAY
              SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI.

0105 AM CST...NEWTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN
              DECATUR MISSISSIPPI.

0114 AM CST...NEWTON COUNTY C. D. REPORTS TREES DOWN AND ROOF
              DAMAGE IN NEWTON MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Nov 22, 2:41 AM CST, 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MERIDIAN MS
240 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

130 AM CST...NESHOBA COUNTY C. D. REPORTS DAMAGE TO CHURCH
             ROOF...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN EXTREME
 *            SOUTHEAST NESHOBA COUNTY MISSSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 2:46 AM CST, 34 minutes before
MSZALL-ARZ014>016-LAZ002-003-004-006-009-010-013-
ALZ004-008-013-016-220930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
234 AM CST SUN NOV 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 915 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR EXTREME EASTERN
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM CST...
...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 234 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN JACKSON INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI FROM MORTON IN NOXUBEE COUNTY
TO HATTIESBURG TO NEAR BROOKLYN.  DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW
TORNADOES COULD OCCUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.  IF YOU ARE IN EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...BE ALERT TO YOUR LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHLETER IF THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING OR
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

TORNADO WATCH 914 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.  TORNADO WATCH 915 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 AM CST FOR EAST MISSISSIPPI EAST OF A TUPELO TO HATTIESBURG LINE.

MEANWHILE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS ARKANSAS AND WINDS
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WILL ALSO BE INCREASING SHORTLY.
RESIDENTS OF THE DELTA CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MILES
AN HOUR TO OCCUR. THE WINDS WERE 8BEING CAUSED BY A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM NEAR TEXARKANA ARKANSAS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 21, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAmite, Franklin54 min
Nov 21, 10:24 PM CSTTornado WarningJANPike51 min
Nov 21, 10:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANWalthall46 min
Nov 21, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCopiah, Lincoln26 min
Nov 21, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah34 min
Nov 21, 11:13 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence32 min
Nov 21, 11:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Smith30 min
Nov 22, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Scott33 min
Nov 22, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANRankin33 min
Nov 22, 12:18 AM CSTTornado WarningJANSmith27 min
Nov 22, 12:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake36 min
Nov 22, 12:31 AM CSTTornado WarningJANJasper59 min
Nov 22, 12:43 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton62 min
Nov 22, 12:58 AM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala32 min
Nov 22, 1:20 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale55 min
Nov 22, 1:35 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper55 min
Nov 22, 2:11 AM CSTTornado WarningJANNewton64 min
Nov 22, 2:18 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLauderdale57 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.